Entertainment Robots - Myth or Reality

This paper presents an overviewof the current field of entertainmentrobotics basedon experiencesas spectator during the RoboCup1999and building an experimental entertainment robot based on the LEGOplatform with digital colorcameraandvariousother sensors. RoboCatis a robot cat prototypethat showscat-like behaviourin the real-life environmentof typical households.Forbehavioural modelling,the Hamsterdamarchitecture waschosen.While showing that Blumberg's Hamsterdamoffers a new programmingparadigmto designintelligent entertainment robots, this paperalso aimsto decidewhetheror not truly intelligententertainmentrobotsare as of yet a myth.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2001
• Where: FLAIRS
• Authors: Alexander K. Seewald
• Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Designintelligent Entertainment Robots, Digital Colorcameraandvariousother Sensors, Entertainment Robots, FLAIRS 2001